Pet Peeve

It's OK for you to think your husband is sexy.
It's also OK for him to know that you think he's sexy.
PDA is a nice way of showing your husband that you are not embarrassed about people knowing your attracted to him.
It makes him feel good about himself when he knows that you are attracted to him.

So why is it that when you don't shelter the world from the knowledge that you are, in fact, IN LOVE with your husband, you get critical stares and comments??

School Pix

I decided to take my own school pictures this year and am well pleased with the results. Here are the best shots of my pretty babies!

More Words

Jonathan's words for yesterday:
Describe- Jack says "Tell somebody about something"
Broad- Jack says "Something big and fat"

Vocabulary Words

Jonathan's kindergarten teacher is teaching them big words. We got a flier in his binder reminding us to help our kids practice what the words mean. On this flier were the words and their definitions. So I ask Jonathan "What does stumble mean?" He says "It means that you stumble over your toys." I ask "What does pursue mean?" He says "It means that you go after something." I ask "What does absurd mean?". He says "It means that a bunny goes surfing all the time."

Mommy Blues

Do you ever feel like all you do is clean up other peoples messes? Do you find yourself cleaning the same thing multiple times a day? Is it something that absolutely has to be cleaned multiple times a day? If so, you have mommy blues. Forget the dirty diapers, bathtime, laundry, runny noses, toys, and cooking cleanup. Today I'm talking about wiping off the highchair. You've all had to do this, and let me tell you, I feel your pain. Three meals a day, 2 snacks, and the healthier the food is, the more mess it makes on the tray. Lets assume you are lucky enough to have a 2 tray highchair, and that one of the trays is even dishwasher safe. You would think that it would be helpful, right? Wrong. It's one more thing to wash, and take up counter space, because you use it too frequently for it to even get into the dishwasher. Plus in order to use it you have to wipe off the bottom tray which negates the purpose in having two trays. You try to make yourself feel better by telling yourself that in a few short years your child can sit at the table with the older kids and you won't have to do this anymore. But deep down you know you are kidding yourself, because even your 12 year old still can't eat a meal without making a mess on the table, bench and floor. Ultimately you are doomed. So go ahead and take a minute to feel sorry for yourself. Then suck it up, because the baby is hungry again and the highchair needs to be cleaned off.

Sad Post

This a sad post. It was supposed to be happy, but now it's sad. I just found out that somehow I accidentally deleted like half of the pix from our anniversary day trip to the arboretum in DC, and lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. Long story. So, in loving memory of the 50+ lost pix, which included Tom by the 400 year old Bonsai tree, some great videos of the fish, and James running around, an awesome one of me (the ONLY one of me), and many others, I will only post flowers from the annual orchid show. These were my favorite. Happy anniversary Tom!

Happy Belated Birthday James

We celebrated James first birthday last month. We had all the family over, and he got lots of attention. He loved all the warm fuzzy PJ's he got from the Grandma's!

He also loved the bubble bath Aunt Betsy gave him. Bath time is one of his favorite things to do.

He quickly figured out how to pull the wrapping paper off!

 He loved the books we got him to keep him from reading (destroying) our books.

Here he is with the cake...not sure what to do with it yet.....

Tastes pretty good....

Wait! Where are you taking the cake??!! Give it back!! I'm not done yet!!

Filthy cake man in the tub....

Tom and I were talking about how it was our last first birthday party, and we were pretty sad for a minute there. Then we got over it and felt REALLY EXCITED about it! Thanks to all our friends and family for making it a special day for us.